Information Industry Deals Spiral Downward: Report

For the first quarter of the year, 802 transactions worth a total of $17.4 billion were completed, down from 901 deals worth $30.4 billion in the same period last year, according to Berkery Noyes. The slide continued from the fourth quarter of 2012, which saw 819 deals valued at a total of $45.3 billion, the data said.